日常英语口语：What are you doing today?你今天要做什么？

A Hello, Neil. What are you doing today?

你好，尼尔。你今天要做什么？

B Hi, Yang. I'm visiting the Forbidden City.

嗨，杨。我今天要参观故宫。

A It's really beautiful and very big!

故宫非常漂亮而且很大！

B How long will it take?

参观故宫需要多长时间？

A It takes a couple of hours to walk through. There's so much to see.

从头走到尾需要两个小时。有太多的东西值得看。

B OK. See you later, Yang.

好。再见，杨。

1 When you ask someone what they are planning to do today, you can say: What are you doing today?

当你问某人今天计划做什么时，你可以说：What are you doing today?（你今天要做什么？）

2 In reply you can say: I'm visiting... or I'm going to... For example, I'm visiting the Forbidden City.

回答时你可以说：I'm visiting...（我要参观⋯⋯）或者I'm going to...（我要去⋯⋯）。例如：I'm visiting the Forbidden City.（我要去参观故宫。）

3 There are many ways to describe places, e.g. beautiful, big.

描述某地有多种方法，如：beautiful（漂亮的），big（大的）。

4 If you want to ask how much time something will take, you can ask: How long will it take me?

如果你想问做某事需要多长时间，你可以问：How long will it take me?（需要多长时间？）

5 If something takes about two hours to walk through, you can say: It takes a couple of hours to walk through.

如果从头走到尾需要大约两个小时，你可以说：It takes a couple of hours to walk through.（从头走到尾需要两个小时。）

6 An informal way of saying goodbye, especially if you expect to see the person again quite soon, you can say: See you later.

道别的非正式用法是See you later（再见），尤其在你希望很快再见到某人时使用这种用法。